Ankit Kumar Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. and Another

Court No. - 16 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 2651 of 2023 Applicant :- Ankit Kumar Gupta Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Abhishek Singh,Ajeet Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.

¶1Heard Sri Abhishek Singh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Rakesh Kumar Singh, the learned AGA for the State.

¶2A supplementary affidavit has been filed stating that Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 8141 of 2023 filed for quashing of the aforesaid FIR has already been filed before this Court and the applicant is one of the petitioners in that writ petition.

¶3The aforesaid writ petition is pending consideration of a Division Bench of this Court. An application for interim relief is also pending consideration of the Division Bench wherein a prayer has been made for staying arrest of the petitioner.

¶4In view of the aforesaid fact, this Court does not think it proper to entertain the application for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicant, when an application for staying his arrest is pending consideration of a Division Bench of this Court.

¶5The application for anticipatory bail is accordingly rejected for the aforesaid reason. Order Date :- 20.11.2023 Pradeep/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench